Prevalence and Risk Factors of Brain Infarcts and Associations With Cognitive Performance in Tenants of Marginal Housing.

ABSTRACT: Background Homeless and vulnerably housed individuals are at increased risk for multimorbidity compared with the general population. We assessed prevalence of brain infarcts on neuroimaging and associations with vascular risk factors and cognitive performance in a prospective study of residents living in marginal housing. Methods and Results Two hundred twenty-eight participants underwent structured clinical interviews, targeted clinical, laboratory, and neuropsychological assessments, and magnetic resonance imaging with T₁, T₂-fluid-attenuated inversion recovery and susceptibility-weighted images. Subjects underwent cognitive testing to assess premorbid IQ , verbal learning and memory, inhibition, sustained attention, mental flexibility, and decision making. In this

SUBMITTER: Zhou LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662377 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature